We hired Melanie Rembrandt to work on an original newsletter and create some publicity for our budding company, StartupNation. Just as we expected, she turned out to be a superstar writer and publicist!
Through her hard work and dedication, Melanie created an overall public relations plan and secured articles for us in targeted publications including: The New York Times, The Detroit Free Press, The Chicago Tribune, Entrepreneur, Black Enterprise, Hispanic Trends and many others. She also scheduled television and radio interviews for us during our “Success in the U.S. Tour” on CNNfn, First Business, Focus: Atlanta, Sunday Morning, Comcast Newsmakers, Channel 7 News, The Bob Christopher Show, WEBY, WIOD, eWomen Network and a host of other media venues nationwide.
Due in part to her efforts, we were successful in establishing business relationships with Fortune Small Business, Home Business Magazine, Worthwhile Magazine, Biz Best Media, Invent That in the U.K., Junior Achievement, numerous chambers of commerce and other influential organizations. Melanie was able to set important meetings for us on a monthly basis depending on which region we were traveling to at a particular time.
While completing her public relations duties, Melanie also found time to ghostwrite successful articles, books, online content and marketing materials for us under a tight deadline. In addition, she helped train our interns, assisted with events, wrote winning award entries, fixed website errors, prepared marketing presentations and provided media training.
